hurly

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɜː(ɹ)li/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li

Etymology 1

Compare French hurler (“to howl”). See also hurlyburly.

Noun

hurly

(obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar[1]
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
  […] that, with the hurly, death itself awakes.

Noun

hurly (plural hurlies)

(Scotland) A wheelbarrow.

Related terms

hurl
hurtle

See also

terms probably etymologically unrelated

References

hurly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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